the new high performance camaro is pretty freaking awesome too, I mean, it's a legit track car whereas the hellcat is more of a straight line drag car. I tip my cap to all the big three for all these relatively affordable HiPo coupes (Ford Mustang variants, Chevy Camaro & Vette, Chrysler Challenger variants).

I thought when Dodge announced that the new Hellcat Challenger was only going to cost $60,990 brand new, my head was going to explode. They somehow managed to shove as much power under the hood as an exotic supercar, but kept it actually obtainable.

Yesterday, my head did explode after I heard what someone paid for the very first one. $825,000. Yup, more than 13 times the base MSRP for a brand new Hellcat.

Obviously, it was in an auction setting, and this huge sum isn’t without purpose. All the proceeds will go to Opportunity Village, a Las Vegas-based institution helping those with intellectual disabilities — and that’s a really, really great thing.

Being 13 times more expensive, though, it does come with a few extra fun bits. ‘Supercharged’ badges here and there, documentation, memorabilia, and an iPad mini fully loaded with some sweet vids and photos of the car they just bought.

Lest you forget, the Dodge Challenger Hellcat comes with a 707-horsepower, 6.2-liter supercharged V8 and holds the title of the world’s most powerful muscle car. Probably one of the most expensive new muscle cars ever sold at auction, too.https://autos.yahoo.com/news/very-fi...143001505.html

Nothing wrong with liking drift cars. I didn't understand the fascination with it until I saw Tokyo Drift and watched Initial D. It explained a lot of the ins and outs of drifting from using specific cars and why to the sport's appeal.

My guess is, you could take a stock Mustang GT or Camaro SS and dump $30-40k worth of modifications into it and get a faster car. Don't get me wrong, I think it's really cool, but I always look at the car's specs in relation to the price paid. Maybe i'm wrong, but that looks like a $70,000 car.

You can even get a Shelby GT 500 for $55k, then trick it out. The claim is the Challenger beat it by .3 seconds, and that would be pretty easy to make up with 15k extra to spend.

The price is surprisingly "affordable" for what it is.
That said, this week at the Barrett and Jackson Car auction in Vegas, a one of Hell Cat sold for ~$850,000

I just picked up a 2008 Mustang GT convertible for $18K. it has 23k miles on it, previous owner babied it. Threw some new SVT 19 rims on it, staggered,with some Michelin pilot sports. put some new 4:10 gears on it, lowered, dual Pipes exhaust and aftermarket air intake. Had it dynoed and wow, it's a beast. Not sure how I would even handle that much horsepower that the Hellcat has.

I just picked up a 2008 Mustang GT convertible for $18K. it has 23k miles on it, previous owner babied it. Threw some new SVT 19 rims on it, staggered,with some Michelin pilot sports. put some new 4:10 gears on it, lowered, dual Pipes exhaust and aftermarket air intake. Had it dynoed and wow, it's a beast. Not sure how I would even handle that much horsepower that the Hellcat has.

You can find a lot of great deals on Mustangs out there. Not so much with Camaros and Challengers. They seem to be very predictable in price. I think there are just tons of Mustangs sold that better deals are to be found.

In 2005, Ferrari rung up some of its most loyal customers and asked if they’d like to buy what was effectively an Enzo treated to steroids and a mainline of espresso, the FXX. A lucky 30 folks did, and for their millions of dollars they earned the right to track it on some of the world’s most prestigious circuits.

Now just ten years on, Ferrari is back to add another rampaging stallion to its track-only fleet, and it looks like an absolute screamer. Meet the 2015 Ferrari FXX K, the by-no-means-road-legal evolution of the LaFerrari.

Much like its more conventional sibling, the FXX K (‘K’ for kinetic) dons the LaFerrari’s trick KERS hybrid system. And as you’d expect, there’s simply more power to go around…much more. The FXX K wallops a total of 1,035 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque from its 6.3-liter V12 engine (now tuned to 860hp) and its revamped electric motor, a substantial 86-pony increase.

The standard LaFerrari V12 enjoys a hearty track-centric overhaul in order to gain those extra horses, which includes new camshafts, a modified valvetrain with mechanical rather than hydraulic tappets, retooled intake manifolds, and – most ominously – an un-silenced exhaust system. Power still flows through a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox, but now the car’s traction control system features four-position KERS management settings: Qualify (top performance for a few laps), Long Run, Manual Boost, and Fast Charge.

Ferrari claims it has tapped into its experience in GT endurance racing to develop the car’s most striking characteristics – its aerodynamics. At the front, a two-level splitter and side elements channel airflow around the outside of the car, while a diffuser at the rear sucks air from underneath the FXX K body and tiny winglets on the spoiler pull double-duty as low-drag guide vans and high-downforce drag boosters. The result? A weighty 1,190-pounds of pressure at 125 mph.

The track-oriented certainly tech doesn’t end there either. The FXX K fits advanced Pirelli slick tires with sensors that measure temperature, pressured, and three dimensions of acceleration. Gargantuan carbon ceramic Brembo brakes make the cut, ensuring the Ferrari with all the go-juice can adequately stop just as well.